Scientists agree work makes you wake up too early

THIRTY per cent of employed adults don’t get enough sleep according to scientists — and the affects aren’t pretty.

Jill Krasny

SlateJanuary 4, 20159:11pm

Don’t call me. Just a few more minutes.Source:ThinkStock

YOU already know you should be getting seven to nine hours of shut-eye a night.

But are you?

Probably not.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 per cent of employed adults clock less than that, and the results aren’t pretty.

Not only does lack of sleep hamper long-term productivity, it can ravage your skin and your sex drive.

Too early? Go back to sleep.Source:Supplied

Fortunately, Dr Mathias Basner of the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine might have a solution.

After analysing 124,517 American adults’ sleep and work habits, as recorded in the American Time Use Surveys from 2003 to 2011, he and his colleagues determined all you need is to start your day later, or at least make the start time more flexible.

But it doesn’t mean much if senior leadership isn’t involved in the effort, according to research firm Mercer.

Working hard and not sleeping enough? Sleep more. Pic: Thinkstock.Source:Supplied

A study published in Academy of Management Journal offers a reason: “managers often interpret a person’s use of flex work options as a signal of high or low job commitment,” writes Time’s Nanette Fondas.

Specifically, “if a boss attributes an employee’s need for flex to personal-life reasons like child care, as opposed to job performance enhancement reasons like acquiring new skills, the boss tends to assess the employee as less committed and less deserving of career rewards such as raises and promotions.”